SAMHSA Funding Opportunity
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting applications for fiscal year 2009 grants for the Development of Comprehensive Drug/Alcohol and Mental Health Treatment Systems for Persons […]
Federal Stimulus: Homelessness Prevention (ESG)
HUD has released community allocations for the homelessness prevention funds passed as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Allocations for the state and cities within our region are […]
Death in Springfield
The Republican reported sad news this week, of a man found dead outdoors in Springfield. A later story indicated that the man, who had been homeless for years, had most recently been living […]
WMIC: February 20 meeting summary
WMIC convened as scheduled on Friday February 20 with twenty members attending. Following introductions and welcome to new community representatives, members of the Leadership Council in attendance provided an overview […]
Leadership Council Meeting, March 25
The next Leadership Council meeting will take place March 25, 2009, 10 am to noon, followed by lunch. The meeting will be held in the Scanlon Living Room, Scanlon Hall, […]
Report on Family Shelter Diversion Pilot
One Family, Inc., in partnership with several other organizations, created a two-month pilot program to divert families from shelter. Read the final report on the pilot.
A new look, and a call for contributers
We’ve had a little redecorating here, in an attempt to make this site cleaner and easier to navigate. The photo at top is from the last regional Project Homeless Connect, which seems fitting […]
Regional Coordinator Job Description: Seeking Input
The Western Massachusetts Interagency Council on homelessness met on Friday February 20th as scheduled at 10am. The group discussed the current draft Regional Coordinator job description as an agenda item. […]
